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'No. 232,553. Patented Sept. 21, I880.

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CHARLES H. SHAW, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGN()R OF TWO-THIRDS OF HIS RIGHT TO CHARLES R. HICKS AND JOHN H. REYNOLDS, OF SAME PLACE, ONE-THIRD TO EACH.

POCKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 232,553, dated September 21, 1880.

Application filed April 30, 1880.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SHAW, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have in\ 'entedcertain new and useful,Improvements in Pockets for Vests and other Garments for Mens Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new article of manufacture pertaining to the manufacture of mens clothing; and it consists of a ready made pocket provided with grooved spaces or sockets for holding cigars, pencils, or other cylindrical articles, said sockets being formed by attaching the lining-pieces of the pocket to interlining-pieces of stiff material having c0unterpart corrugations impressed therein, and

then securing the two parts for forming the pocket together at the bottom and two sides in such manner that the stiffened parts may be'spread apart from each other, when necessary, to facilitate the insertion of articles into the sockets.

The object of my invention is to retain in an upright position the cigars and other artiz 5 cles placed in the pocket and protect them from ,injury.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and to which reference is herein made, Figure 1 is a perspec- 0 tive view of a pocket containing my improvements, showing the outer covering turned back to expose the stiff corrugated interlinin g for forming the sockets, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of my improved pocket.

As illustrated in the drawings, A is the inner lining of the pocket, usually made of muslin or other suitable material; B, the stiffened and corrugated interlining-pieces, which may be made of card-board or other stiiit' material, 4.0 but which I preferably make of canvas thoroughly stiffened with shellac varnish (J, the outer covering of the pocket, made of muslin or other proper material.

The linings A and outsides 0 should he made 5 to the size of the pocket, sufficient material being left at the top of each for properly securing the pocket in the garment, and to leave a slight plain portion of the material between (No model.)

the outer opening of the pocket and the top of the stiffened interlinings. The interliuingpieces B aremade of suflicient width to form the required number of corrugations, of a length that is slightly less than the depth of the pocket, and with rounded projections b corresponding to the number of corrugations on the lower 5 5 edge, so that when in use the natural tension of the garment will press them down and prevent an y abrupt outline being seen on the outside of the garment. A piece of the varnished canvas is placed between a lining-piece, A, and an outside piece, B, and the several parts are then subjected to pressure between heated corrugated dies, which causes the parts to adhere together and become corrugated to the required shape. 6

The pocket is formedby placing together, face to face, two sections, each composed of a lining, A, stiffened interlining B, and outside 0, secured together and corrugated as above described, and fastening them together by a line of stitching, D, around the two sides and bottom, as shown in Fig. 1. When stitched together as described the two sections form a pocket containing the sockets E, whose edges are held in contact by the natural tension of 7 5 the garment when worn, which presses the parts together, but permits them to spread apart from each other to facilitate the insertion of articles in the sockets.

WVhen desired, stiffened interlinings made of any suitable material and without corrugations may be used.

. I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a readymade pocket provided with a stiff interlining, 8 5 B, and containing grooved openings or sockets E, as herein described.

2. The combination, in a pocket, of the lining-pieces A and the stiffened interlinings B, secured together to form a series of grooved 9o sockets, E, in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

CHARLES H. SHAW. Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. Low, J. H. REYNOLDS. 

